BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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Preamble

WHEREAS, It is hereby found and declared that there
exists in Perryville, Maryland, areas or conditions which
require redevelopment, renewal, or rehabilitation with the
aid and assistance of federal and other government funds;
that the existence of those areas contributes to the spread
of crime and disease, constitutes an economic and moral
liability, decreases the tax base, reduces tax revenues,
increases juvenile delinquency, aggravates traffic
conditions and causes numerous traffic problems; that the
prevention and elimination of these conditions is a matter
of public concern of the State of Maryland and Perryville,
Cecil County- It is further found and declared that the
existence of these conditions makes it necessary to acquire
private property for redevelopment, renewal, and
rehabilitation and such acquisition is hereby declared to be
for a public purpose; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new subheading "In General" to precede
Sections 29—1 through 29—27, inclusive, of Article 8 of the
Public local Laws of Maryland be and it is hereby added.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland be repealed,
amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 8 — Cecil County

URBAN RENEWAL

29-28- DEFINITIONS

(A)    IN THIS SUBHEADING THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)    "BLIGHTED AREA" MEANS AN AREA IN WHICH A MAJORITY
OF BUILDINGS HAVE DECLINED IN PRODUCTIVITY BY REASON OF
OBSOLESCENCE, DEPRECIATION, OR OTHER CAUSES TO AN EXTENT
THEY NO LONGER JUSTIFY FUNDAMENTAL REPAIRS AND ADEQUATE
MAINTENANCE.

(C)    "BONDS" MEANS ANY BONDS (INCLUDING REFUNDING
BONDS), NOTES. INTERIM CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF
INDEBTEDNESS, DEBENTURES, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

(D)    "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, CORPORATE OR
OTHERWISE, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

(E)    "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS THE TOWN OF PERRYVILLE,
MARYLAND.

(F) "PERSON" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP,
CORPORATION, COMPANY, ASSOCIATION, JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION,